The nitric oxide pathway in pig isolated calyceal smooth muscle

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 673-685

  Iselin, Christophe E ^a,d   Ny, Lars ^b   Mastrangelo, Dominique ^a   Felley Bosco, Emanuela ^c   Larsson, Bengt ^b   Alm, Per ^b   Andersson, Karl Erik ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Kidney pelvis; Nitric oxide; Renal calyces; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; LINSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWINE; URETER PERISTALSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALICES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

EID: 0032754198     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1999)18:6<673::AID-NAU18>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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